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NCLEX Nutrition
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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1. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
protein and fat
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
low albumin levels < 3.4
transferrin
2. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
transferrin
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
protein
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
3. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
milk - enriched grains
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
one tspn salt or less
liver and intestinal synthesis
4. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
3 cups
vitamin C - citrus fruits
antioxidant - immune function
5. What function is vitamin D?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
18-25
transferrin
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
6. What is RDA of protein?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
dietary approach to stop hypertension
TPN total parenteral nutrition
carrots and sweet potatoes
7. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
apple is higher risk than a pear
review of systems
vitamin K
can consume more calories without weight gain
8. What are healthy sources of fats?
protein
essential amino acids
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
9. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
atrophy or wasting of muscle
TPN total parenteral nutrition
dietary approach to stop hypertension
starches - sugars - and cellulose
10. When does BMR decrease?
protein
albumin levels
fat soluble vitamins
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
11. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
apple is higher risk than a pear
carrots and sweet potatoes
12. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
fat soluble vitamins
B and C
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
13. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
18-25
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
14. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
review of systems
15. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
4 calories/gram
2 cups
16. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
dark green - orange - drybeans
dairy and fortified foods
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
4 calories/gram
17. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
liver and intestinal synthesis
decrease in total lymphocyte count
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
18. What does DASH stand for?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
dietary approach to stop hypertension
4 calories/gram
19. Fats can lead to some medical problems
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
2 cups
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
TPN total parenteral nutrition
20. When does BMR increase?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
6 oz. a day
diet recall
4 calories/gram
21. Name six sources of grains
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
milk - enriched grains
atrophy or wasting of muscle
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
22. What function is vitamin A?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
transferrin
essential amino acids
23. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
vitamin K
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
essential amino acids
vitamin C - citrus fruits
24. What type of people need extra protein?
transferrin
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
fats
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
25. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
carrots and sweet potatoes
5.5 ounces/day
B and C
one tspn salt or less
26. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
apple is higher risk than a pear
can consume more calories without weight gain
cream cheese - cream or butter
27. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
500 cal/day
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
day week or month
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
28. The higher the BMR a client has --
6 oz. a day
can consume more calories without weight gain
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
milk - enriched grains
29. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
5.5 ounces/day
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
dairy and fortified foods
30. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
diet recall
dairy and fortified foods
day week or month
hemoglobin
31. What is the function of vitamin C?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
B and C
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
protein and fat
32. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
protein and fat
18-25
one tspn salt or less
33. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
dairy and fortified foods
apple is higher risk than a pear
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
34. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
prealbumin levels
albumin levels
carrots and sweet potatoes
4 calories/gram
35. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
4 calories/gram
decrease in total lymphocyte count
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
500 cal/day
36. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
day week or month
500 cal/day
300 cal/day increase
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
37. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
dietary approach to stop hypertension
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
atrophy or wasting of muscle
prealbumin levels
38. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
one tspn salt or less
39. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
milk - enriched grains
2.5 cups
dark green - orange - drybeans
40. What is the function of vitamin E?
day week or month
B and C
antioxidant - immune function
prealbumin levels
41. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
pregnant women or elderly
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
dairy and fortified foods
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
42. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
day week or month
vitamin C - citrus fruits
vitamin K
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
43. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
cream cheese - cream or butter
44. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
6 oz. a day
atrophy or wasting of muscle
protein and fat
45. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
46. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
trans fatty acid
protein
transferrin
vitamin K
47. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
starches - sugars - and cellulose
5.5 ounces/day
trans fatty acid
48. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
6 oz. a day
prealbumin levels
protein and fat
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
49. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
carrots and sweet potatoes
review of systems
pregnant women or elderly
50. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
one week period
fats
pregnant women or elderly
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
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